%0 Report %1 vermeylen2017exploring %A Vermeylen, Greet %A Wilkens, Mathijn %A Biletta, Isabella %A Fromm, Andrea %A Parent-Thirion, Agnès %A Rodriguez Contreras, Ricardo %C Dublin %D 2017 %K Inequality Non-standard_employment Social_protection Sustainable_work Working_conditions %N EF1718 %R 10.2806/651917 %T Exploring self-employment in the European Union %U https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/report/2017/exploring-self-employment-in-the-european-union %X In the rapidly changing world of work, the traditional dichotomy of employee and self-employed is insufficient to capture the wide diversity of self-employed workers in Europe today. This report identifies five categories of self-employed, reflecting the wide-ranging attitudes, income levels, and health and well-being among this diverse group. Based on data from the sixth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) and the European Union Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS), the analysis reveals that the majority of self-employed workers enjoy high levels of job quality. However, there are concerns in relation to so-called ‘economically dependent workers’: while they are classed as self-employed, they lack both the autonomy that self-employment usually offers and the social protection granted by regular employment. Some policy approaches of Member States to this ‘in-between’ employment status are described in detail, which are of relevance for the discussions around the European Pillar of Social Rights. An executive summary is available - see Related content.

@techreport{vermeylen2017exploring, abstract = {In the rapidly changing world of work, the traditional dichotomy of employee and self-employed is insufficient to capture the wide diversity of self-employed workers in Europe today. This report identifies five categories of self-employed, reflecting the wide-ranging attitudes, income levels, and health and well-being among this diverse group. Based on data from the sixth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) and the European Union Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS), the analysis reveals that the majority of self-employed workers enjoy high levels of job quality. However, there are concerns in relation to so-called ‘economically dependent workers’: while they are classed as self-employed, they lack both the autonomy that self-employment usually offers and the social protection granted by regular employment. Some policy approaches of Member States to this ‘in-between’ employment status are described in detail, which are of relevance for the discussions around the European Pillar of Social Rights. An executive summary is available - see Related content.}, added-at = {2018-06-23T20:38:07.000+0200}, address = {Dublin}, author = {Vermeylen, Greet and Wilkens, Mathijn and Biletta, Isabella and Fromm, Andrea and Parent-Thirion, Agnès and Rodriguez Contreras, Ricardo}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/228ac28d4877400678bb480fce7ca69b9/meneteqel}, doi = {10.2806/651917}, institution = {European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions}, interhash = {25d3c8f6a1b23a80037a10d72fad8ff4}, intrahash = {28ac28d4877400678bb480fce7ca69b9}, keywords = {Inequality Non-standard_employment Social_protection Sustainable_work Working_conditions}, language = {eng}, month = sep, number = {EF1718}, timestamp = {2018-06-23T20:38:07.000+0200}, title = {Exploring self-employment in the European Union}, type = {Research Report}, url = {https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/report/2017/exploring-self-employment-in-the-european-union}, year = 2017 }